National: Aubagne – Nancy (4-0) will be replayed!

Thomas Siniecki, Media365: published on Saturday December 21, 2024 at 12:44 p.m.

It's an enormous performance which, in one fell swoop, is reduced to nothing. And also makes its share of happy.

This is the kind of little helping hand from destiny that AS Nancy Lorraine should not fail to seize. Slapped 4-0 in Aubagne two weeks ago, to everyone's surprise, the National leaders will get a second chance thanks to an administrative problem. In this case, it is midfielder Ousseynou Ndiaye who, on the Var side, did not have the right to play with an amateur license.

“The new date will be known soon”

It was the people of Nancy who directly communicated this dramatic turn of events: “The French Football Federation informs us that this meeting will have to be replayed. This decision follows a meeting of the federal commission of regulations and disputes, responsible for verifying the conformity of the conditions surrounding the match will be known soon. ASNL could take advantage of this imbroglio to take a three-point lead over Boulogne at the top.

Last season, Villefranche had already experienced this scenario but it was even worse for the Rhone residents, since they had to replay three matches. Which then represented seven points lost and a drop to ninth place, to finally finish thirteenth and therefore the first team outside the red zone. The loss was, in reality, four units since the initial victory at Avranches was confirmed on the field (1-3 after the cancellation of the 0-2), unlike the success against Le Mans (2-0 which became 0-4) and a draw in Rouen (1-1 became 1-0). For Aubagne, it is half of an exceptional sequence which is canceled, since the promoted team then followed up with a no less resounding 7-2 at Châteauroux. And it's also a hat-trick that flies for striker Steven Nsimba, still top scorer in the championship but tied with Boulonnais Thibault Rambaud, seven goals each.